Cardiology

  • Cardiac mass: Tumor or thrombus? (July 2017)
    Mahmoud Abdelghany, MD, Moustafa Elsheshtawy, MD and Hani Kozman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.09003

    Readers comment on cardiac masses (July 2017).

  • Heartburn or heart attack? A mimic of MI
    Willis S. Bowman, MD, Amir Farid, MD and Paul Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 664-665; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16093

    The diagnosis: milk-alkali syndrome, complicated by thiazide use.

  • Renal denervation: What happened, and why?
    Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD, Tarek A. Hammad, MD and George Thomas, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 681-686; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.14129

    Despite promising initial results, this treatment failed in its largest trial to date. Is it dead? Can it be revived?

  • Renal denervation: Are we on the right path?
    Ali E. Denktas, MD, FACC, FSCAI, David Paniagua, MD, FACC, FSCAI and Hani Jneid, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 687-689; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17024

    Before renal denervation can be a mainstream therapy, we need proof that it reduces blood pressure or clinical events.

  • Is it time to abandon fasting for routine lipid testing?
    Zareen Farukhi, MD and Samia Mora, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 919-922; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16135

    Yes. Most patients do not need to fast.

  • Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia
    Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia
    Biff F. Palmer, MD and Deborah J. Clegg, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 934-942; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17056

    It is most common in patients with renal impairment, can be life-threatening, and requires a multidisciplinary approach.

  • Diagnostic value of the physical examination in patients with dyspnea
    Diagnostic value of the physical examination in patients with dyspnea
    Richard A. Shellenberger, DO, Bathmapriya Balakrishnan, MD, Sindhu Avula, MD, Ariadne Ebel, DO and Sufiya Shaik, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 943-950; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16127

    How accurate are the signs of pneumonia, pleural effusion, COPD, and congestive heart failure?

  • Radiation-induced heart disease: A practical guide to diagnosis and management
    Eoin Donnellan, MD, Dermot Phelan, MD, PhD, Cian P. McCarthy, MD, Patrick Collier, MD, PhD, Milind Desai, MD and Brian Griffin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 914-922; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15104

    Unfortunately, radiotherapy for breast cancer or lymphoma can damage the heart.

  • Bilateral earlobe creases and coronary artery disease
    Abhishek Sharma, MD, Chukwudi Obiagwu, MD and Ekaterina Sikorskaya, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 786-787; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15160

    Bilateral earlobe creases may be useful to look for in cases of suspected coronary artery disease.

  • Left ventricular thrombosis can still complicate acute myocardial infarction
    Left ventricular thrombosis can still complicate acute myocardial infarction
    Muhammad Umer Tariq, MD, Ali M. Tariq, MD, Carmela D. Tan, MD, E. Rene Rodriguez, MD and Venu Menon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 819-826; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14078

    Despite revascularization, the next day the patient had an ejection fraction of 35% and a mass in the left ventricle.

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